Form Parser

 
The form parser parses data from HTML forms and adds new records to the BulkMailer address database.

  • You have a HTML form on your website
  • Your webserver sends a email in a defined format using a CGI script
  • The BulkMailer Feedback Module receives this mail and adds the data to the address database

Specifications according the HTML-Form

Your HTML-Form contains (some of) the following Fields:
See a sample form here.

Name of the Form-Field Description Type Required
EMAIL
EMail Address
text
X
UNSUBSCRIBE
Button 'Unsubscribe'
submit
X
SUBSCRIBE
Button 'Subscribe'
submit
X
GROUP
Group-ID, see ID-Column in 'Edit Groups'
hidden, select
 
PREFERENCE
Preference: HTML (H) or Text (T)
hidden, select
 
GENDER
Gender: F or M
select
 
TITLE
...
text
 
FIRSTNAME
...
text
 
SECONDNAME
...
text
 
LASTNAME
...
text
 
NICKNAME
...
text
 
PRIVATE_COUNTRY
...
text
 
PRIVATE_STATE
...
text
 
PRIVATE_POSTALCODE
ZIP Code
text
 
PRIVATE_CITY
...
text
 
PRIVATE_STREET
...
text
 
PRIVATE_PHONE
...
text
 
PRIVATE_FAX
...
text
 
PRIVATE_MOBILE
...
text
 
PRIVATE_HOMEPAGE
...
text
 
BUSINESS_COMPANY
Company Name
text
 
BUSINESS_TITLE
...
text
 
BUSINESS_DEPARTMENT
...
text
 
BUSINESS_OFFICE
...
text
 
BUSINESS_COUNTRY
...
text
 
BUSINESS_STATE
...
text
 
BUSINESS_POSTALCODE
...
text
 
BUSINESS_CITY
...
text
 
BUSINESS_STREET
...
text
 
BUSINESS_PHONE
...
text
 
BUSINESS_FAX
...
text
 
BUSINESS_PAGER
...
text
 
BUSINESS_IP_PHONE
...
text
 
BUSINESS_HOMEPAGE
...
text
 
USER1
User Defined Field 1
text
 
USER2
User Defined Field 2
text
 
USER3
User Defined Field 3
text
 
USER4
User Defined Field 4
text
 
USER5
User Defined Field 5
text
 
INTEREST
Interests (multi)
text, Comma-separated
 
DISTRIBUTION
Distribution List (multi)
text, Comma-separated
 

Specifications according the serverside sent email

Your webserver sends an email by CGI-Script with the following message body:

FIELDNAME: Value
FIELDNAME: Value
[..]

You choose a subject line, wich can be filtered by the Feedback Module.

Configuring the Feedback Module

Condition: Subject contains [Your Subject Line]
Action: Form Parser
 
 

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